A central conundrum of Nigeria’s past decade of 7% average annual GDP growth has been the consistent rise in unemployment, poverty and inequality of distribution of wealth. Although the conclusions of the rebasing exercise, unveiled in April 2014, lifted per-capita income from $1555 to $2689, this new accounting will no doubt sound hollow to the more than 60% of...
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Articles & Analysis | Nigeria tries to transform its challenging demographics from a liability into an asset from The Report: Nigeria 2015
Interviews & Viewpoints | Yemi Kale, Statistician General, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS): Interview from The Report: Nigeria 2015
Where did the most extensive changes in GDP contributors occur following the rebasing exercise?
Interviews & Viewpoints | Saratu Umar, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC): Interview from The Report: Nigeria 2015
In what ways have inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) changed over the past five years?
Interviews & Viewpoints | Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive, Dangote Industries: Interview from The Report: Nigeria 2015
What impact do you expect power privatisation to have on the broader gas-to-power value chain?
Articles & Analysis | Enhanced integration in Nigeria aimed at boosting regional trade from The Report: Nigeria 2015
As the continent’s largest economy, Nigeria plays a central role in West Africa both diplomatically and economically, and nowhere is this more evident than in the influence it exerts within ECOWAS – West Africa’s economic and trade grouping. ECOWAS was founded in 1975 and its charter revised in 1993 with the mission of promoting economic integration through monetary and...
Articles & Analysis | Democratic transfer of power in Nigeria as the opposition wins the 2015 presidential elections from The Report: Nigeria 2015
Nigeria is in the midst of its third and longest attempt at sustained democratic rule, with the latest landmark coming with the 2015 presidential election, which saw the country’s first peaceful handover of power in more than three decades. The March poll, which involved a new biometric identity system, saw Muhammadu Buhari, a candidate from the All Progressives Congress...